It's Official

We're headed to Western North Dakota. We received word last evening that we've been assigned to the Western North Dakota Synod of the ELCA. This is perfectly fine with me, as it was among the places we preferenced in our paperwork last December. I have a passion for rural (to me, open spaces) ministry and there are few places in this country more rural that western North Dakota! The next step is to meet with the bishop next week and hopefully soon thereafter begin receiving paperwork on some potential congregations for us. There is finally a light at the end of the candidacy tunnel - and I can see it!